101 Works Including Kim Whanki's New York Period Pieces to Be Auctioned at K-Auction December Sale

Auction on the 20th, Total 101 Items and Approximately 7 Billion Won Offered

Kim Whanki's New York period Cross Composition artwork and seven works by Park Seo-bo will find new owners.

Kim Whanki's '4-VI-69 #65'. [Photo by K Auction]

Art auction house K Auction announced on the 8th that it will hold the last auction of the year on the 20th at its headquarters in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. A total of 101 items worth about 7 billion KRW will be exhibited in the December auction.

Leading the auction is Kim Whanki's New York period Cross Composition work '4-VI-69 #65' (750 million to 2 billion KRW), followed by Damien Hirst's 'Untitled' (580 million to 900 million KRW), Yayoi Kusama's 'Aching Chandelier' (460 million to 800 million KRW), and Ayako Rokkaku's 'Untitled' (270 million to 400 million KRW), all seeking new owners.

Seven works by Park Seo-bo will be auctioned side by side. These include the 100-ho size pencil drawing work 'Myobeop No. 213-85' (830 million to 1.5 billion KRW), the 100-ho sized late Myobeop work 'Myobeop No. 010731' (380 million to 600 million KRW), and the 300-ho large red-colored 'Myobeop No. 101104' (500 million to 1 billion KRW). Additionally, various sized works such as the 5-ho 'Myobeop No. 120323' (80 million to 150 million KRW) and the 25-ho 'Myobeop No. 940302' (150 million to 300 million KRW) are exhibited, broadening the selection.

Lee Ufan's 'From Line No. 77013', which has started a large-scale retrospective at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin, Germany, is estimated at 430 million to 550 million KRW; Ha Chonghyun's 'Junction 18-05' at 190 million to 300 million KRW; and Kim Chang-yeol's 100-ho work 'Return SA07012' is priced between 90 million and 200 million KRW.

Kim Whanki's New York period work painted with oil on newspaper titled 'Untitled', Lee Daewon's 'Farm', Lee Geonyong's 'Bodyscape 76-1-2019', and Lee Bae's 'Brushstroke-SK15' and 'Brushstroke' will also be auctioned.

Cheongja Sanggam Poryusu Geumyeonhwamun Maebyeong
Photo by K Auction

In the Korean painting and antique art section, 21 pieces of celadon and white porcelain with various techniques and shapes are exhibited for the first time in a while. These ceramics, all possessing important characteristics representative of their eras, attract attention.

Paintings such as Unbo Kim Ki-chang's 'Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove', Ohwon Jang Seung-eop's 'Birds and Flowers', and Sojeong Byun Kwan-sik's 'Mountain Landscape in Summer', as well as wooden furniture like 'Seoan' and 'Square Table' will also find new owners.

The auction items can be viewed at the K Auction exhibition hall from the 9th to the 20th.

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